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The mansion was built by Lucy Carnegie as a wedding gift for her son George Carnegie and his wife Margaret Thaw. The mansion now serves as a form of museum, where visitors can see artifacts from the Carnegie era on display.
Plum Orchard Library
Plum Orchard Tiffany Lamp
Plum Orchard Library
“All the children came out, and we were going to play around outside, and it poured down rain, so all the children go to sit at Pawdaddy’s knee and listen to stories of Africa. […] So, that room, with the strong influence of both my grandparents, is a real important room to us.”
“All the children came out, and we were going to play around outside, and it poured down rain, so all the children go to sit at Pawdaddy’s knee and listen to stories of Africa. […] So, that room, with the strong influence of both my grandparents, is a real important room to us.”
-Lucy McKinstry, 1995
-Lucy McKinstry, 1995
Lucy McKinstry (pictured center of first row) with family and friends in front of Plum Orchard in July 1995
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